MMSC FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship 2022 – Round-1 Day-2

Chennai, July 24: Bengaluru businessman Hemanth Muddappa (Mantra Racing) continued his domination in the MMSC fmsci Indian National Motorcycle Drag Racing Championship with a triple crown in the season-opener which concluded at the Madras International Circuit, here on Sunday.

Muddappa, the nine-times National champion, participating in four different categories, emerged triumphant in three (one of them a support race), but his exploits notwithstanding, it was Alimon Saidalvi (Bengaluru) who was the quickest rider over the weekend as he topped the Unrestricted category, clocking a blistering 07.775 seconds for the 302-metre dash on a Kawasaki Ninja.

Muddappa, astride a Suzuki Hayabusa, topped in the Super Sport 1051-1650cc category in which he has remained unbeaten over the past few years. Earlier, riding a BMW S1000RR, Muddappa was the quickest in the Super Sport 551-850cc category after winning in the Super Sport 851-1050cc support race atop a Kawasaki ZX6R machine.

Mumbai’s Hussain Khan won in the Super Sport Indian 361-550cc category ahead of Aiyaz from Bengaluru and local rider Bharath Raj.

Results (all 4-Stroke)

National Championship – Unrestricted

1. Alimon Saidalvi (Bengaluru) (07.775secs)
2. Attaullah Baig (Bengaluru) (08.090s)
3. Siddharth Ratan Parmar (Mumbai) (08.254s)

Super Sport 1051-1650 CC

1. Hemanth Muddappa (Bengaluru, Mantra Racing) (08.228s)
2. Vignesh Purushotham (Bengaluru) (08.309s)
3. Hafizullah Khan (Bengaluru) (08.398s)

Super Sport 551-850 CC

1. Hemanth Muddappa (Bengaluru, Mantra Racing) (08.614s)
2. Siddharth Ratan Parmar (Mumbai) (08.788s)
3. Saurabh Parab (Mumbai) (09.086s)

Super Sport Indian 361-550 CC

1. Hussain Khan (Mumbai) (12.247s)
2. Aiyaz (Bengaluru) (12.350s)
3. Bharath Raj (Chennai) (12.691s)

Support race – Super Sport 851-1050 CC

1. Hemanth Muddappa (Bengaluru, Mantra Racing) (08.013s)
2. Khaja Awais Ahmed (Hyderabad) (08.281s)
3. Saurabh Parab (Mumbai) (08.325)

Support race – Super Sport 166-225 CC

1. Badhusha M (Chennai) (13.639s)
2. Srikkanth P (Bengaluru) (14.054s)
3. Karthik M (Chennai) (15.324s)